Recent data from Canadian long-term care (LTC) homes report that 60.8% of residents live with dementia and 65.9% experience moderate to severe cognitive impairment.1 LTC admission can be traumatic for older adults,2 particularly those with dementia...
Early research reported that older adults who stopped walking when they began a conversation were more likely to fall in the future. As a systematic measure of dual-task performance, Verghese and colleagues developed the Walking While Talking (WWT)...
This study aimed to evaluate the utility of electronic health record (EHR) diagnosis codes for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infections among nursing home residents.
Individuals who have dementia often receive antipsychotic medicines even in the absence of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), unnecessarily placing them at risk of adverse side effects. However, a quality improvement...
